date:Jan 24, 2019
al calories intake came from fat. The regular diet included 18% of the total caloric intake from fat. At day 13, the mice were infected with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria.
The scientists found that the high fat diet significantly increased susceptibility to oral Listeria monocytogenes infection. They found increases levels of the pathogen in internal organs and feces at day 3 post-infection.
Diet does influence physiology. Gob let cells are a preferential site of invasion by Listeria monocyt